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Dave Beck, SVP and Regional Executive December 8, 2014 Emerging Payment Alternatives for the Unbanked and Underbanked

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Dave Beck, SVP and Regional ExecutiveDecember 8, 2014

Emerging Payment Alternatives for the Unbanked and Underbanked

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Agenda Payments Landscape and the Fed’s Role

Who are the unbanked and underbanked and why? 

Prepaid cards as an alternative for low and moderate income consumers

Emerging Mobile Payments

Questions and Answers

Payments Landscape and the Fed’s Role

Who are the unbanked and underbanked and why? 

Prepaid cards as an alternative for low and moderate income consumers

Emerging Mobile Payments

Questions and Answers

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Disclaimer

The views expressed in this presentation are my own and do not represent the official views of the Richmond Fed or Federal Reserve System. 

Also, references to products, processes or services are for informational purposes only, do not constitute endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the Richmond Fed or the Federal Reserve System.

Disclaimer

The views expressed in this presentation are my own and do not represent the official views of the Richmond Fed or Federal Reserve System. 

Also, references to products, processes or services are for informational purposes only, do not constitute endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the Richmond Fed or the Federal Reserve System.

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We’re executing on the financial services mission to foster the integrity, efficiency and accessibility of the U.S. payment system.

Why is the FED at the table?

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Source: 2000 and 2012 Federal Reserve Payments Studies

Card Payments are 66% of Non Cash Payments Prepaid is

fastest growing channel

Prepaid is fastest growing

channel

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Source: FRB Philadelphia 6

Distribution of General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) Cards and Transaction Share by Income Group

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2013 Consumers and Mobile Financial Services Report 7

Why are Consumers Unbanked?

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Source: Javelin Strategy & Research, October 2013 8

Who are the Underbanked?

According to Javelin Strategy & Research:• Are younger• Are more likely to be Latino or Black than is common in the total population 

• Have higher rates of unemployment• Are more likely to live in cities (42% vs. 34% of all consumers) 

• Have lower incomes• Have a greater number of early adopters

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Unbanked and Underbanked Use of Prepaid Cards

According to the FDIC:• In the last 12 months: 

– 22.3 % of unbanked households used a prepaid card– 13.1 % of under banked – 5.3 % of fully banked households

• In 2013, more than a quarter (27.1 %) of unbanked households reported prepaid card use, up from 17.8% in 2011 and 12.2% in 2009.

2013 FDIC Unbanked and Underbanked Household Survey Results 9

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CFPB  Proposes New Rules for Prepaid Debit Cards  to Facilitate Comparison Shopping

• Two “Know Before You Owe” disclosures:1. Brief features statement using 

standardized, plain‐language format. 

2. In depth statement including potential fees.

• Regulation:• Improves consumers’ free access to account balance information • Requires issuers to post their account agreements online• Creates error‐resolution procedures• Provides protections when cards are lost or used fraudulently• Strictly controls credit products linked to prepaid card accounts

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2014 Consumer Reports: Prepaid Cards Used as a Bank Account Substitute

Evaluating on Value, Fee Accessibility & Clarity, Convenience and Safety

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• Provided to Social Security and Supplemental Security income check recipients who have not signed up for direct deposit. 

Government Use of Prepaid Cards

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www.usda.gov 13

• Functions like prepaid debit cards• Govt. mandate for EBT will continue to influence growth; WIC will use EBT in 2020

EBT Cards Issued by USDA to Over 23 Million Low Income Households (2013)

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• Functions as a library card

• Can be activated as a prepaid debit card

• Transparent fee structure tied to library’s financial literacy programming

• Provides fee revenues to the library

Frederick County Library Pilots New Library/Debit Cards

“I Love My Library” Prepaid Visa Debit Card 

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Source: “Mobile Wallets & Strategy: How the Game Changes with Apple Pay” ~Javelin Study & Research

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Underbanked Use of Mobile

Likelihood of Using Mobile Contactless Payments (Next 12 Mos.) by Consumer Type

According to FDIC, • Underbanked are more likely to use mobile banking than the fully banked population 

• Almost 2/3 of underbanked households  with mobile phones are likely to have smartphones.

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PayNearMe (PNM): How it Works

Get a paycodefrom the Merchant 

payee (available online)

Present paycode & make cash payment at POS; receive 

receipt

PNM transfers funds to payee 

via ACH 

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“Remember that time you won the lottery? I don’t either.” ~ GoBank’s Fortune Teller

Alternative Payment Choices Include Budgeting Tools and Spending Advice 

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Questions?